Maritime English Language Course - Support Level (MESL)

This course in Maritime English is designed to help trainees develop their communicative competence in English to a level that will enable them to satisfy the competences relating to English language set out in the STCW Code. The concept that underpins the specific requirements of the STCW Code is that seafarers need to be competent in using English for professional purposes. For effective language teaching and learning to take place, instructors need an understanding of the Communicative Approach methodology in order to be able to create tasks appropriate to their students' learning needs, to develop trainees’ communicative competence and to implement a syllabus that meets the requirements defined by the STCW Code.